Mike covers research on health and the environmental aspects of veganism and eating a plant based diet, as well as the impact vegan and non-vegan diets on animals. He is in the process of getting a Master’s in public health and he is working on a documentary on pig farming in Iowa, where he’s from! Oh yeah, and he’s building a tiny house!

The conversation meanders through a thick undergrowth of jokes, terror, data, sexiness, activism, pollution, denial, health, laughter, horror, theory, stuff, media production, optimism, how we each went vegan, and back again.

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Episode 23! How to get healthy for good with Taylor Patterson, a Vancouver, BC personal trainer and coach. A philosophical dude, vegan, early riser (and early sleeper) on behavior change and eating a vegan diet.

Check him out on Instagram (abs, muscles, veggies and other food…) @powerplantbody

Dan LiBoissonnault of Dan’s Plant Powered talks about making macadamia and cashew cheeses, vegan pesto with vegan Parmesan called Fauxmesanand the journey he has been on.

Dan developed his palate drinking and selling wine. Before he went vegan he was dropping $100 a week on non-vegan cheeses.

Dan went vegan, started doing yoga, sold his liquor store and started making vegan cheese. Loved it, and decided to start a business selling his cheeses. He makes a rich, a savory, a spicy, a smokey, and is leaning into the future of cheese.

TOPIC WE COVERED IN THIS CONVO:

How he developed his palate and found out he had a skill for it. And how you can develop yours.

How he felt selling liquor first thing in the morning at his liquor store. (Hint: not good).

Conversations about health and cholesterol with his doctor (his doctor didn’t believe veganism would work to lower his cholesterol.)

Freaky Episode Number 21! All about the upcoming VEGAN MOVIE (not a documentary) feature length horror/action genre first of its kind! Not a documentary, not a mockumentary, a vegan zombie movie!

This is the movie Chris Cooney has dreamed of making for 10 years. He’s got folks like Moby on board for music, well-known zombie/horror make up artists, and famous actors who have agreed to be in this film.

Check out more on the Kickstarter campaign page for the movie, currently called A44. And give a few bucks, maybe, like, $3? Or whatevs.

Chris explains how the return on investment in this movie, if the movie really makes it, will be going in part to 2 farm animal sanctuaries.

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EPISODE 20! Heck yeah! We’ve come so far! And so has Sadrah Schadel, Founder and Co-owner of No Evil Foods. This is a fast-growing company that makes delicious plant meats. Yum!

In 4 years, Sadrah and her partner Mike went from a local farmer’s market to “insanity” (her word) growing and expanding the company, and distributing innovative, flavorful vegan meats, …..and spreading the No Evil message.

In this episode you will hear how a punk rock approach to good business thrives!!

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Episode 19!!! Punk Philosophy with John Joseph McGowan, triathlete, punk rock singer, from the gritty streets of the Lower East Side in the 70’s and 80’s.

John Joseph is an OG vegan. He’s also an OG punk rocker. He was living in the streets of NYC’s Lower East Side when he was 14 years old. He’s almost been killed more than once. He’s deeply spiritual and philosophical. He’s a 10 time Iron Man Triathlete (he’s training for his 11th). He’s still singing with the Cro-Mags and was preparing for a European tour at the time of this recording. He’s written 2 books with a 3rd on the way.

In this episode we talk about consciousness, risk, survival, doing time, grit, Positive Mental Attitude, yoga, teaching and learning, and soooooooooo much more!

Special note for people who like f-bombs: TONS of f-bombs in this episode, or as John calls it, “vernacular.”

This is a punk recording

Also, keep in mind, as I say in the recording, this is a punk recording 🙂 where i record every moment from start to finish (except the first 20 or 30 seconds because I forgot to hit record, which is normal for me.)

I did no pre-interview, nor unrecorded rapport building… nothing before or after, I just recorded the whole thing so you could hear a little “behind the scenes” of an episode.

Show Notes:

Going on tour with the cro-mags now!

Anti-rock star

Being vegan since 1981 (working in a healthfood store)

Living in hare krishna temple for 2 years

“Philosophy without devotion is speculation”

Turning 56 soon

When he was growing up, disrespecting someone on the streets, things could go very badly